0.4-meter

The 0.4-meter class of telescopes is currently in production at the Santa Barbara headquarters of LCOGT. These telescopes are based around a modified Meade telescope with a custom equatorial mount, and high specification CCD cameras. This class of telescope will also be available for non-professional astronomers (of all ages) to use.

f-ratio: 
8
Scale: 
15.70 um/arcsec
M1 diameter: 
410 mm
M2 diameter: 
120 mm
Central obstruction: 
125 mm
M1-M2 separation: 
586 mm
Back focus: 
285 mm
Corrected focal plane size: 
52 mm